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\u201cIXPE\u2019s future polarization images should unveil the mechanisms at the heart of this famous cosmic accelerator,\u201d Roger Romani, an IXPE co-investigator, said in a press release. \u201cTo fill in some of those details, we\u2019ve developed a way to make IXPE\u2019s measurements even more precise using machine learning techniques. We\u2019re looking forward to what we\u2019ll find as we analyze all the data.\u201d<\/p>\n

A second image shows the Cassiopeia A supernova in bright magenta and blue. The image uses combined data collected from both the IXPE (the magenta region) and the Chandra X-ray Observatory (the blue regions). Chandra\u2019s data, collected shortly after that telescope first launched in 1999, revealed evidence of an object like a black hole or neutron star at the center of the supernova remnant. <\/p>\n